Psalms Chapter 8

                                                For the Choir Director. A Psalm of David

                                                                  Set to The Gittith

¹ LORD, our Lord, you’re so majestic all over the world!

      You display your splendor higher than the sky!

² Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies

      you’ve established a defensive wall

            against your adversaries,

            to silence enemies that want revenge.                       

Ps 8:1-2

³ When I look at the sky, the work of your fingers,

            the moon and stars you’ve set in place,

         ⁴what are we that you give us any thought

            or care about us?

⁵ You’ve made us a little lower than the angels

      and crowned us with glory and honor!

⁶ You’ve given us responsibility over what you’ve made

      and put it under our control:

         ⁷sheep and oxen, wild animals in the countryside,

         ⁸birds in the sky, fish in the sea,

      whatever swims through the ocean.

⁹ LORD, our Lord, you’re so majestic all over the world!

Ps 8:3-9